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... given to the desire implanted in the human breast to overcome natural obstacles . M. Lesseps advocates flooding the desert of Sahara by means of a canal , and thus afford com- munication with the interior of Africa . Among the projects ...
... given to the desire implanted in the human breast to overcome natural obstacles . M. Lesseps advocates flooding the desert of Sahara by means of a canal , and thus afford com- munication with the interior of Africa . Among the projects ...
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... given by the " Western Railroad Gazette " : - • New York to Chicago , Ill . , Chicago to Omaha , Nebraska , Omaha to Bryan , Bryan to Ogden , Utah , Miles . Hours . 911 36 491 • 24 • • 858 43 233 • 10 278 12 465 31 117 • 3 3,353 161 ...
... given by the " Western Railroad Gazette " : - • New York to Chicago , Ill . , Chicago to Omaha , Nebraska , Omaha to Bryan , Bryan to Ogden , Utah , Miles . Hours . 911 36 491 • 24 • • 858 43 233 • 10 278 12 465 31 117 • 3 3,353 161 ...
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... given so freely and so fairly to our American cousins . The Pacific line , including as it does the two separate schemes of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific , is about 1,700 miles in length . Two of our leading Indian lines ...
... given so freely and so fairly to our American cousins . The Pacific line , including as it does the two separate schemes of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific , is about 1,700 miles in length . Two of our leading Indian lines ...
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... given for carrying the train through at any determined speed . Powerful steam - engines , for exhausting and forcing the air into the tube , will be erected on shore at each end . This system of working the traffic will secure a ...
... given for carrying the train through at any determined speed . Powerful steam - engines , for exhausting and forcing the air into the tube , will be erected on shore at each end . This system of working the traffic will secure a ...
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... given rate , fast or slow , and there are also hand brakes operating with equal direct- ness upon the central wheels , together with other means of gov- erning the machinery of locomotion . Every competent person who has examined the ...
... given rate , fast or slow , and there are also hand brakes operating with equal direct- ness upon the central wheels , together with other means of gov- erning the machinery of locomotion . Every competent person who has examined the ...
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science ..., Том 5 Повний перегляд - 1854 |
The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science ..., Том 5 Повний перегляд - 1854 |
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Сторінка 269 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Сторінка i - ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ; or, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Сторінка 136 - It consists in subjecting the vapours of volatile liquids to the action of concentrated sunlight, or to the concentrated beam of the electric light.